Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Valentine's Day Gift Guide: Miche Bag Review and Giveaway

When considering what to buy your loved one for Valentine's Day, do not just settle for flowers, chocolate and stuffed animals. While those are great, You need to think outside the box and come up with something that will have her bragging well past February. Give her a unique gift that she will love and her friends will be envious of. Give her designer handbags. Give her a Miche Bag.

What is a Miche Bag? It is a fabulous creation that allows me to go from this gorgeous bag:

Jennifer

to this wonderful bag:

Hope (silver)

..and back in less than a minute. The best part? I didn't even have to remove my lip gloss. keys, wallet, eye shadow, coupons, etc. With Miche Bags you just remove and exchange the shell of your purse, the inside of the purse remains the same. So, you can change out your purse as often as you like without the hassle of moving around the contents. This purse is now a girl's best friend.

Miche (pronounced "MEE chee") was started when Michelle Romero spilled something on her purse and ruined it. She had the thought "I wish I could just change the outside of the bag" and went home to do just that with her ruined purse. She connected with her friend Annette Cavaness and Miche was born. Thank God for spills!

I know that you want to know as many details as possible (particularly about how to change shells), so I took a lot of pictures to help demonstrate:

The Shells and the Bags both have super strong magnets inside of them to hold the shell onto the bag you can see how "Jennifer" has a flap inside the bag.

You simply lift the magnetic flap up on each side of the purse

Then pull the bag out of the shell

This is the bag without the shell. Not bad looking by itself!

Then you just slide the bag right into your new shell and flip the magnetic flaps over the bag.

It is so easy to change out. It actually takes a lot longer to explain it than it does to change it. If I could give you all a personal demonstration, I would. Trust me, all of my friends have seen it (and they are all jealous!). Having a Miche Bag makes it easy to become a purse snob because you can have a different design everyday without having to take the time to change it out. It is fashionable, yet practical.

Miche sells three different base bags: The Mini Miche Bag, The Classic Miche Bag (in black and brown) and the Miche Big Bag. I received the Miche Big Bag. I have always liked my purses big with lots of pockets, and Miche definitely lives up to the task. The Miche Big Bag is 5” (deep) x 15” (long) x 12” (tall). It can hold just about anything (even books or a change of clothes if you wanted). It also comes with two black 20 inch long straps. If you want more options for the straps, you can purchase other designs from Miche. The inside of the Big Bag has lots of pockets including a cell phone pocket, pen holders, credit card slots and a large zippered pocket. Here is what the inside looks like:

I Love having all of these pockets. That was one of the complaints I had about my previous bag. As an added bonus, many of the shells also have outer pockets. There are different shells for the different bags, so make sure you check them all out. Here are some of my favorite Big Bag Shells:

In case you can't tell, I love my Miche bag and Shells! I have used it everyday since it has arrived and I have changed out the shells at least 6 times in the last 10 days or so. Guys, if your Lady carries a purse, you have to buy her one a Miche Bag! Trust me, she will be thanking you for months years. Visit Miche Bag to order today, or to find a retailer near you. You can also enter to win one right now!

GIVEAWAY:

One extremely lucky reader will win a the Big Bag plus two Shells (Lynette and Leah). All these are pictured below:

Mandatory Entry:

Visit Miche Bag and tell me which shell is your favorite (for any of the bags).

Extra Entries:

The Mandatory Entry must be completed, or you will not be eligible to win. Please leave a separate comment for each extra entry (if it says 3 entries, leave 3 comments). If you do not leave separate comments, it will count as only 1 entry. Make sure you leave your e-mail address, or have one visible in your google profile.

Giveaway ends 02/02/11 at 9pm EST. Giveaway is for USresidents only. No P.O. Boxes. Winner will be chosen randomly. Winner will be contacted via e-mail and then will have 48 hours to respond before a new winner will be chosen.

Disclaimer: I received the listed product(s) in exchange for this review. I was compensated in no other way. The thoughts here are my own honest opinions.